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China marks 25% of its territory for environmental protection

China has designated 25 per cent of its onshore territory "ecological conservation" areas, limiting development and human activities in order to improve the environment and conserve resources.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment was tasked with identifying areas in need of protection a decade ago, when the government acknowledged that decades of "irrational development" had put its ecological safety under severe strain.

We will delineate and strictly guard the ecological protection red lines ... and rein in various violations of the ecological environment that harm the vital interests of the people

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china, conservation, ecology, environment

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